OK, Chinese mandolin supply to bagpipe incineration -- has to be one of the longest topic vaults in recent memory!
OK, Chinese mandolin supply to bagpipe incineration -- has to be one of the longest topic vaults in recent memory!
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
I just wish I'd saved all of the string envelopes I've thrown out over the years. I also want to give an honorable mention to those forward thinking bowlback builders back in the late 1800's to early 1900's that lined the inside of the bowl with paper.
"It's comparable to playing a cheese slicer."
--M. Stillion
"Bargain instruments are no bargains if you can't play them"
--J. Garber
Increasing reliance on offshore makers to meet domestic needs guarantees situations like this. We get lower costs, but becomes consumers and not producers and give away any ability to provide for ourselves. So, wait.
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OK, you guys asked for it...
I actually think this whole video great fun, but I'm linking directly to the part most (im)pertinent to the meanderings of this thread:
https://youtu.be/eSDK_XGjGRE?t=80
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